Manningham sent a letter to NFL teams before the Pro Day workout at U-M last month to let them know about his relationship with Mary Jane during this days in A2.

This revelation comes on the heels of Manningham's crap-ass performance at the NFL combine earlier this year where he denied to NFL scouts ever testing positive for the stink weed.

Once an almost sure first round draft pick, Manningham's stock has tumbled and, according to the Detroit News article linked above, he's reportedly been removed for some team's draft boards due to character issues.

By sending the letter to NFL teams, apparently Manningham hoped to -- pardon the pun -- "clear the air" and let organizations know he's put his wake and bake past behind him and is serious about being a professional athlete and not Ricky Williams' future roommate.

As you may recall, Manningham was suspended for last year's Eastern Michigan game due to what was called at the time "a violation of team rules." But in his letter to NFL teams and Snoop Dogg, Manningham revealed the reason was actually "due to coach (Lloyd) Carr's determination that I was lacking in focus."

Yeah, the Gange will do that, M.

In the Detroit Free Press story about Manningham's admission, they note that "NCAA rules do not require the suspension of an athlete who tests positive for 'street drugs,' listed as heroin and marijuana in the NCAA drug-testing manual."

If Manningham tested positive only for the Whacky Tabacky, the discretion for suspension would not be with the NCAA, but instead with Michigan.

I'd love to know when the other time he tested positive. Judging from his performance, I'd almost guess it was about 10 minutes before last year's Ohio State game.

I was gonna torch tOSU, but then I got highI was gonna go first round, but then I got high.My draft stock's dropping fast and I know why (why dog?),- cause I got high- cause I got high- cause I got high

I knew it was happening, so I'm cool! Seriously though, a friend of mine was close to a situation involving MM. Don't get me wrong: tons of people smoke pot, it's a pretty harmless drug, and it's not so much MM's toking itself that bothers me. He has shown a pattern of misbehavior and overall bummery. He was lazy this year and could have helped UM against OSU despite Mike Debord by catching some goddamn balls. We don't need him.

Bigasshammmm,

I have heard that MM couldn't stand Mallett, and they were seen arguing during the game against Wisco.

When I left home in '93, it seemed like there was an effort to start snuffing the HB out. I think A2 raised the fine for a personal amount of mary jane from five dollars around then too... jeeez... I'm getting fucking old.

I have heard that MM couldn't stand Mallett, and they were seen arguing during the game against Wisco."

"He should have transferred with his buddy Mallet and saved himself some draft day embarrassment."--sarcasm!

"it might sound crazy that i'm defending a UM player, but i don't see a big deal in any person smoking weed, as long as they can still function normally and perform (in school/workplace/etc)"

Last I checked it was still illegal. I know 60% of college students smoke it I'm sure but that doesn't make it any less than what it is, a drug. It shows a side of our culture that I'm not particularly fond of and it seems to be coming out more and more as the newer generations get older.

Mario seems like a Tool!! Hey, sorry to change the subject-Threadjack I guess it's called.Tuosu and UM had a dual track and field meet yesterday and I think Tosu beat us in a bunch of the events but the 100M dash went to us and to top it off-our guy broke Jesse Owens' record, in their stadium, named for Jesse Owens, and as our 1st place finisher put it," It was a great race but even better is that they will have to look at our school name all the time now"See, the rivalry crosses ALL the sports!! Oh, and the record was from 1935 or so. Good Job, Wolverines!!!

i never disputed legality of pot. It's immediate effects (2-4 hours after you smoke it) are less harmful then alcohol (which is legal) and it's long term effects are clearly less harmful then tobacco (also legal). Oh, yeah, and it's less addictive than caffeine, which happens to be THE drug of choice for corporate America.

Luckily, i have my own ability to figure out what's good for me and what's not so good, so the American government (and what they consider legal or illegal) better stay out of this. At this point i think that the fact that half of US is on legal anti-depressants is a bigger issue than the amount of people that smoke pot (which co-incidentally also has some anti-depressant value to it).

Missed one game? No way! That sounds like tons of problems to me. Most of his arrest records appear to have come after he left WVU. And he was kicked off the team by Rodriguez after the 2004 season. Sounds like discipline to me.

"2. my avatar is a real license plate in michigan

http://www.cqql.net/msu-morons.htm"

Surrrrrre. Photoshop is a wonderful thing and I'm sure it fools most of you Suckeye fans.

Actually, I think the Morons plate is real. I remember seeing it in a blog or something. But I think it was a Sparty fan and not a Suckeye fan. something that clever runs above the average Ohioan level.

Vadatrp, You might be wrong about the plate. I could see a tuos fan moving to michigan and being so singleminded in his obsession over us that he would actually get his plates like this (which "oron" aside, would mean he'd have to drive around w/ a block M on his car).

The part I do think is photo shopped is that the car in the original pic was a boxster/similar high end sports car. A tuos fan driving one of those? Not unless he hit the lotto!

Mgoblue93,UM shortcomings have nothing to do with people smoking pot. The way i see it if OSU fans defend their players on this site, their labeled trolls, no matter how valid of an argument they have. But when we laugh (along with everyone else here) at UM players doing somewhat stupid things, it always ends with "Tressel cheats" or "OSU players are thugs" or something very similar.

i know that this double standard is there b/c this is a UM blog, but as a fanbase you guys are just as judgmental and defensive as everyone else.

I read part of that 4 piece series in the Ann Arbor Snooze and it was pretty interesting. Nothing really earth shattering though. I would imagine that U-M isn't alone in steering its athletes towards certain athletic careers. And it doesn't really surprise me that the NCAA turns a blind eye to the practice. But I think in the process all parties concerned are not doing themselves any favors.

feelin' blue: we must know the same people as I too know who MM chilled with....

vada: can I have royalties on the pot/kettle thing please? thx :-)

re sru: it's really a plate, i've seen it

for me: please send happy thoughts my way as I am in Easton, OH a mere donuts' (or 's?) throw from C-bus. I wore my Michigan Hockey 1998 Championship Sweatshirt down and that seemed like a brilliant plan til I stopped for gas in b-f ohio and was slightly scared that I would go missing from the gas station.

an observation--only in c-bus would they name a northeastern suburb WESTERville......SiC man, I don't know how you do it!

why do we care about MM smoking???one word....INTEGRITY

once is a mistake, twice is a blatant disregard of team rules. not sure why Lloyd didn't jettison him. I'm thinking that the publicity would have 'ruined' the kid for a little mj whereas keeping him in the fold would provide the opportunity for counseling? he sure as heck didn't perform on the field so well so that couldn't have been it...

sru-i got to call you on that one. don't know where your definitive source for henry's departure from wvu is, but a lot of sources on the net (yes, i googled it just like you said) suffer from the same understanding that he was cut loose after 2004 season (cited in stories by numerous sportswriters at the time).

T9,Easton is a lovely Potemkin Village of the world's best in upscale shopping, dining, and spending money generally. it represents the best of columbus- neat, clean, new, and worst- nothing original, nothing which isn't a chain, nothing that is actually real.

try the cheesecake factory.

BTW- have you adjusted to the fact that tosu logo wear is considered appropriate for any occassion anytime or place?

yeah--it's an urban planner's wet dream--retail, hotel, entertainment, office park all in one. and a cute little security force to boot. I guess this still means that I've never really been to C-bus, right!? :-) phew.

Have no fear, I've brought every shred of maize and blue professional wear that I own--to inoculate myself from all the tuos garb, and probably to goad the crowd. You know me, not too shy.

My boss ONLY owns maize and blue ties. seriously. he has no other colors than maize and blue.

That was one of the worst bag of shit goaltending performances I have ever seen. 2 of the 3 first period goals were completely unscreened and it didn't even look like the goalie was even covering the net. You could see holes everywhere. This was an instance where one single player cost the entire team. Sure the defense could have been better and the offense more aggressive and taken better care of the puck but those looked like some of the easiest goals ever.

BAH... most of Michigan didn't show up in the first period. Arrrgghhh!

Sauer had a great season but he definitely has some big game performance anxiety. In his last two trips to Denver -- 10 goals allowed on 37 shots. Arrrgghhh! I wonder what the Avholes are thinking when they see this kid play in Denver and they've drafted him.

And Bill Martin has got to go... tix through school were only available to Victor's Club members and students were only allowed 1 ticket. So while the Pepsi Center set a facility record for attendance, the designated Michigan section was half empty for the first game and during the second game, the designated Michigan section sat on their fucking hands.

Unfuckingbelievable... the folks that want to show some fucking school spirit are denied access by the school itself.

I hate to get too far in the middle of your Chris Henry argument b/c he's a waste of conversation, but he had made it well known that he was leaving to go to the NFL so RR kicking him off was rather convenient. It's like saying "you can't fire me, I quit." And he was a disaster while at WVU, but Pac-Man was generally a model citizen at WVU (at least after his freshman bar fight).

Wow. I guess I'm the only one who finds Boston fans even more annoying than ND fans. Maybe it's because I don't think bragging rights for hockey are any big deal in South Bend... or maybe because Pillsbury Weis has been exposed for the traveshamockery he is... or maybe it's even that Boston pro sports fans have become so utterly vile, contemptuous and arrogant that I'll look for any small solace I can get, but I wouldn't mind ND winning at all.

P.S. Nate - Agreed, but I'd like to think Mario would be persona non grata back here if the pot test had ruined his draft chances and he wanted to return to UM just as Henry would've been if the Bengals (Ohio team - imagine that) hadn't been so excited to add him to their collection of convicts. Please let this be the end of Chris Henry talk.

P.P.S. Title IX - My apologies for gimmick infringement. The check is in the mail.

Well, I thought maybe the dude had a Michigan hoodie on as his first choice, but was leaning toward jumping ship to attend the tOSU. You know, like the movie: The Boren Conspiracy. Hence, the buckstache.

my dog is fine, thank you very much! Did you hear anything about UM's scrimmage on Saturday? Spielman (who admittedly is a Buckeye HOMER) doesn't think they'll be bowl eligible next year. I think they'll definitely surprise him, but i don't see them contending for B10 (as top heavy as it is) until his 2nd/3rd year.

wtrk & wngrg,sorry, but Yost has started posting in code. for example- a post entitled "ramifications of dollar deflation in EU markets and impact on alumni giving" is really code for "discussion of spring game".

it lets "us" talk amongst ourselves w/ out actually barring anyone access. so the discussion of the spring game has taken place elsewhere under an alias.

so, on the topic of 2008 & Speilman/et al's comments, as i said yesterday in one of the other threads:

it has become very chic' to predict a "6 win season, at best" for Michigan.

however, to have 6 losses this season, we'd have to lose to not only tough road opponents PSU & Tuos, but Wiscon & MooSU @ home, and then still find 2 more losses from @ ND, Minn, & Purdue, or home against Utah, Miami, Toledo, Illi, & NU.

not that it's actually quoteworthy, but i didn't feel like retyping it.

it's funny to me how these same pundits are predicting yet another ND return to glory for a team that went 3-9, but can't see a 9-4 michigan team winning more than 6?

maybe this could be a disaster year, but given our schedule, i'd say not likely. we only play 6 teams that went to a bowl last year (and THAT don't mean what it used to).

a lot will also depend upon how good some of the other teams actually are. wisconsin, moosu, psu, nd, & utah? who knows how competitive any of these teams will be this year.

competing for the conference seems ambitious, but 8-10 wins on that schedule doesn't seem far fetched.

I read your comments on the other thread. Interesting. Good point about predicting success for the fallen angels while not giving UM the same love.

I'm expecting a shoot-out in the Big 10. I think teams are going to be playing above their potential for all sorts of reasons.

I'm not trying to start anything, but you guys need to watch MSU. Anything less than pure business on your end and you're going to end up on your end. I sense their whole season revolves around humiliating "Big Brother."

wet,i'm not ruling out the possibility of a bad season. after "les' debacle" last year, anything is possible.

i am, however, not conceding a bad year just because Beano Cook says so. we started a true frosh in '04 and stumbled into the rose bowl.

both moosu & psu have long losing streaks against us & are looking to this season as a big opportunity. how good either of them is going to be is still up in the air. and the later you play moosu? the better your odds!

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